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A guy goes into a Mickey D's with a gun, starts pointing it at people, it won't fire, so he goes outside to fire shots in the air, then he comes back inside and those people are still in there??   :screwy:

I saw this posted online today, and read it. Please share this as much as possible. Copy the link and email it to all of your friends, family, enemies and anyone else... http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2010/July/Colonel_Robert_Howard_of_Waco_Greatest_American_Hero.aspx#.Uj82v7GM-wo.facebook

how can that site claim it's harmless whenever, if I had seen it, would sh**, slip in it, fall and break my neck?

So, we have a guy at work that everybody calls "'Possum." Great guy, but kind of a pest at times. Do anything in the world for you, but doesn't take critique or even suggestions very well. Kinda' tough to talk to sometimes, even though he's a super nice guy.   I told you that to tell you this:   05:15 Eastern this morning and I'm walking out to the pickup to head for work a little early (still can't drive a big truck, but my company has been gracious enough to allow me 15 - 20 hours a week helping out in the office). Anyway, I happen to glance up at our henhouse just in time to see a 'possum walking past the open henhouse door - starting about this time of year we leave a light burning all night because it seems to settle our Bantam hens more and they produce better - the door of the henhouse is left open because there's a <nearly> critter proof enclosure around the front of the building.   My first thought was "Did I really see what I thought I saw?!!!" and I decided to walk/limp up and check it out. Well, I got up there and got into the henhouse just in time to see a 'possum tail disappearing under an old entertainment center in one corner that we use for both storage and nest boxes. I did a quick "beak count" and all the chickens were accounted for, so I figured he was small enough that he probably couldn't reach the roosts.   After arguing with myself for a minute or so I decided that I couldn't, in good conscience, just leave him in there for my wife to find, especially since there was no guarantee that he wouldn't get the chickens after they left the roost. So I limped back down to the house, grabbed a flashlight and my .22 rifle, went back up, leaned the entertainment center forward and propped it at about 45 degrees, then stepped to the back, hit the flashlight and popped him in the head. Standing the e-center back against the wall, I reached underneath and dragged the 'possum out and, with a glance at my watch, just left him on the floor of the henhouse while I headed in to wash my hands and put the .22 away. Then I jumped in the pickup and got to work with about thirty seconds to spare.   Being the great guy that I am and realizing that, unless I warned her about the dead 'possum, my wife would more than likely soil her bloomers and make a new door when she walked in and saw him lying there, I sent her a text and then talked to her on the phone to give her a "heads up." (For which she expressed great gratitude!)   An hour later my lovely wife called me back to tell me that there were TWO 'possums in the henhouse - one live (which she thought, at first, was the one I was talking about) and one dead - and no, she did not soil her bloomers (much). I told her to let the chickens out of the run, close the door on the henhouse and I'd take care of both of them when I got home about 12:30.   At 10:40 I was down in the shop talking with our mechanic Justin when I glanced at my watch. Seeing what time it was and planning on leaving work at 11:00, I said, "Well, I guess I'd better head back up to the office and shut the computer down, then go see about dealing with a 'possum - much as I hate to do it." Without missing a beat, Justin replied, "Yeah, he's a great guy - do anything for ya' - but damn, I can't stand to talk to him for more than three or four minutes!"   I still haven't quit laughing...   ...TS...     *P.S. - Got home, took care of both henhouse 'possums, found where they'd gotten in and got it patched up so that it won't happen again. ...Probably won't tell the other 'Possum about it Monday morning...*

Yeah...just Packed again :)

Washington? No. Truckers? Yes.

   +1. I wouldn't do a thing to it until I had a few folks more knowledgable than myself check it.

So I was installing a water line today at a very old, backwoods house and dug up something intresting. Its an 1851 Colt Navy pattern cap and ball. I disassembled it to a degree at lunch, it is complete except for the grips. Just thought Id share the coolest thing I ever dug up. My guess is its a reproduction, but not sure how to tell. It was a good 2 ft in the ground. Tapatalk ate my spelling.

I'm getting ready to load mine too. Just got back from picking up some Nutter Butter's, jerky, Clif bars, and Smart Water (I need all the help I can get  :x: ). I am seriously going to have a hard time going to sleep. Getting up at 3, be in the stand by 4, and just sit and smell the air till daybreak. We've all been dreaming of this morning we are about to encounter and it's almost here.   GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Unless or until someone can demonstrate (and duplicate) a mechanical/scientific explanation for this (or prove that the entire thing is a hoax which seems unlikely given where the details are coming from); the most logical explanation for this event is that something supernatural happened (since the normal/natural thing would have been that the gun would fire inside just as well as it did outside). Whether you believe the root cause of the supernatural event is "God" or something else each person has to decide for him/herself...personally, I lean toward God's involvement.

There are only two spiritual positions in the Bible:  You either belong to God or you belong to the devil,  just as you are either alive or you are dead.  Where you spend eternity is based upon that relationship at the time of your death.  There is no neutral ground.  God offers grace to everyone to come to Him through the covenant He made with mankind by His Son, Jesus Christ.  You may take it or leave it, but keep in mind that this is the only choice one has.  You belong to the devil by default and your only option is the one which God offers.    Keep in mind that God by definition is sovereign.  He does as He pleases and decides what will happen and when.  We can wonder why God does things or even accuse Him for the things he allows, but he is not looking for our counsel, unless of course we are members of His family and He hears our prayer requests.  He is under no obligation to to bless those outside of His covenant relationship, just as anyone would not be responsible to look out for anyone outside of his family.  But because "God is love," as it says in the Bible, He extends mercy and grace to draw people into relationship with Him, by far the most rewarding association you will ever have or experience.   I'm betting that God has given this perp another opportunity to wise up.  I hope for his sake he takes it.

There are lots of stupid things people do that are perfectly legal. Being legal doesn't automatically qualify something as smart or sensible.

  Well, this goes deep and is of course unanswerable.   The implication here is that the almighty can stop a violent act with divine intervention.  I agree with this.  However, if HE can do that, the other implication is that HE routinely ALLOWS violence to happen,  yes even in the cases where the victims surely prayed.  Which begs the questions of 'why stop it this time and allow it that time' and those questions will make anyone pull their hair out.   The occasional miracle at random is almost worse than none at all when trying to *think* about the subject.  Its why faith is so important ...  with faith, you can gloss over the lack of a pattern, the tough questions, etc.  Without faith, it is just random noise that may or may not even involve HIM.   So, like any question on religion (and a fair number for "science") it boils down to faith in the end.

Less than 24hrs boys!

The sad part is that no one there was armed and willing to neutralize the threat. His mother's prayers were doubly effective.

I don't play games but I HAVE ordered Gear while on stand. Usually comfort oriented stuff! Where I hunt, I am generally within 30 minutes of my car but it is often a fairly difficult climb through thick brush. I don't leave anything important behind. But I'm getting better at deciding what's 'imortant'

2 feet down and you think it's a reproduction ?

I am pretty sure it is a Common Kingsnake.   http://www.tennsnakes.org/kingsnake_black_speckled.htm

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Low light picture but still nice to see. Today at work I was shown how to set my phone for low light so I will try that next time.

What's your plan of attack tomorrow? "If it's Brown, it's down" or do you have standards? Mine will be to take anything that's not a fawn or doe with fawns (done that before... never again). Once I get my "meat deer", I'll get picky.

I do not want another Republican, for that person will just turn into a RINO, I WANT AN ULTRA TEA PARTY CONSERVATIVE.

Okay, I'm legal. I will never put a license in my wallet without checking first again. The state isn't going to say "aww man, I hate that happened. Oh well, keep hunting".

Loading up the truck in a few min. Looks like it's gonna be a heavy fog for me again in the morning. Didn't burn off until 930 the past few days. Cam still showing activity though. They will likely be under me before I ever see or hear them coming! Good luck in the morning, and like Ruger said, let's see some pics tomorrow!

Not nearly as good as these stories, but I got a little one to tell.   We have a neighbor who likes to feed the roaming possums around us. H seems to think they are cute.   There's an old fence line sorta katty-cornered about 75 yards away that is between our properties. He's been dumping table scraps out there for over a year to feed them. So of course, every one in the area comes in to feast every night.   About 2 am some time back, our dog was raising a ruckus to get outside. Thinking she just needed to potty, I let here out the door and watched her tear out heading for the front of the house. Knowing this wasn't her usual potty area, I followed her.   Grabbing a flashlight, I stumbled out to hear what sounded at that time; like a huge fight. She was growling and snarling like crazy. And I could hear some almost hissing sounds. Found her with a possum caught up against a foundation vent screen.   Both were eyeballing each other pretty hard and getting louder.   Thinking the possum's behavior a little odd, and fearing a rabid one; I grabbed my dog by the collar, took her inside and grabbed a little Model 60.   By this time my wife is up, wondering and worrying about what's going on. I just say I gotta shoot a possum. Looking rather puzzled and concerned, she follows me out.   Dang. This short tale sure got long. Sorry.   I get back around front and sure enough, the possum is still there. So I shine my flash in his eyes and pop a wadcutter at the base of his skull and neck.   That little 38 w/c sure makes a lot of noise at 2 in the morning. Lights start pooping on around us so I think we should go back inside, so I to leave it and clean it up in the morning.  Some of our neighbors aren't to gun friendly.  Especially at that hour.   Anyway, later that  morning, my young neighbor comes down and says he found some large marble sized dropping in his garage, followed them and found a litter of young possums in his garage.   Being a concerned animal lover, he called Animal Control to come and get them out.   Evidently I had gotten the mother.  And he being such a sound sleeper hadn't heard the 38. Since he didn't mention it, I let it go by that I'd shot one earlier.   He said that his wife had really been upset at finding them in their garage, and really came down hard on him feeding the little critters.   Anyway, he's stopped dumping scraps there. And I've convinced him to clean up that fence row.   We still have some around, but now I use the Ruger 22/45 and the Augila subsonic to dispatch them. It doesn't seem to upset the neighbors as much. I told them it was a pellet pistol, like the Gammo rifle I shoot in the back yard.   That sucker is loud. It actually sounds like a 22lr round going off.

Me neither.   But back in the early '80s when crew-cab pickps were relatively rare in Western Kansas, I worked for an outfit that owned one. One day I took it down to an auto parts store to pick up a few things and parked on the far side of the parkinglot, facing away from the store. You guessed it - when I came back out, I opened the door and climbed right into the back seat! After I got over the shock of missing the stearing wheel and realized what I'd done, I covered myself by reaching down on the floorboard and grabbing a paper sack that was sitting there, looking into it and nodding to myself like I'd found what I was looking for. Then I set the bag on the front seat, opened the back door, got out and climbed into the front seat and got the hell outta' there.   A week later I was back at the same parts store and the guy at the counter told me, "Man, until you found that sack of stuff you were looking for I was busting a gut because I was just sure that you'd gotten into the back seat by accident!!!"   :whistle:

LOL!   Along those lines... Last year I was talking to our Safety Director about some critter problems we'd been having with our chickens when our Head Dispatcher and Salesman (a black gentleman) came back into the office just in time to hear me say, "Yeah, them damn thievin' 'coons from across the branch are at it again - just can't seem to leave our chickens alone, no matter how unwelcome I make 'em feel!" The dispatcher gave me a withering scowl that left me wondering who'd whizzed in his Wheaties and I headed on out to the truck. Twenty minutes later the Safety Director called me and he was laughing so hard he could barely get his breath. Evidently our dispatcher had sat there and fumed for several minutes and then blurted out, "You know of all the guys we have here, I never would've expected Don to turn out to be such a flaming racist!!!"   It took the S.D. 5 minutes to quit laughing long enough to tell him that I'd been talking about raccoons and that when the lady who lives across the branch and feeds the darn things forgets to leave food out they invariably head for our chicken run. The next day the dispatcher told me, "I guess I owe you an apology." I said, "No you don't - I needed a good laugh, I'm just sorry that it was at your expense!" To this day he asks about our chickens at least twice a week. :rofl:

Is Academy selling rails and screws in non factory zipper bags?   I find it hard to believe they would pull them out to lower the price unless they were selling them separately, which would be easy to verify.  Have you seen your missing rail and screws for sale at Academy? Why else would removing them have any effect on the price?   I think that either.   1)  Your model does not come with it 2)  Ruger forgot to include it in box and will probably send you ones for free if this is the case.   It would be easy to verify the problem by contacting Ruger.   No offense, but with all the effort you have spent calling Academy and typing out in this thread you could have been off hold with Ruger, or if you are worried about wasting minutes on your cellphone, just email them. 

The extent of my leeway given to the Two Tools from Tennessee is that they only voted YES to end debate and allow the bill to proceed to a final vote, just like all the other R's mentioned.   The final vote was 54-44 with the TTT twins voting against.  The two missing votes are from Republicans.  Guess they can now say they had nothing to do with any of it.  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00209   Same silly, stupid crap those two pulled on the last gun control bill earlier this year.

Assuming the sign isn't on city right of way, I'd be tempted to chain a few batteries together and wire up that sign. What little hair was left on that cops head would be pointed straight up. 

I bought 3 new Ruger MK III's in the past 18 months.  All 3 were drilled and tapped.  Only the Mark III that was a target model came with a scope base and screws.

Do it on friday during rush hours.

The Socom rifles are completely different from the Scout Squads or any other m1a. The socoms have a good bit of proprietary parts, particularly the gas system. I may be mistaken but i think thats a good price for one

Spot's, most likely it's the real deal. However, I've never seen an 1851 CN with a fluted cylinder. That's interesting.....   DaveS

They will probably all be declared Terrorists by this administration. Isn't that how they think in Washington? If your not for them and their beliefs your a terrorist???? :rant: :rant:

Amen to that. If given the choice between Walmart and diareahha I'd have think a minute.

I weep that people buy things at WalMart.  ;)

  I CC, so no fears here!   DaveS

Could have been God. Could have been Jimenez. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

That's incredible. Buy a lotto ticket.

First mistake is to use The Blaze as a source of legitimate news.  Second, the First Amendment is not an absolute right, just like the other rights specified in the Constitution.  When I was a LEO in Florida, we regularly confiscated political signs from city rights of way without "leaving a note."  We also confiscated real estate signs and yard sale signs.  If the sign was in someone's yard, we tried to notify the homeowner.  Cities, like it or not, generally have a certain right of way on property extending in from the roadway.  If I recall correctly, in Panama City, FL it was 3 feet.  The logic is to prevent multiple signs from blocking the view of motorists and causing a general nuisance.  If the city has such an ordinance, signage is not permitted within that distance from the roadway.  It's obvious the guy had been contacted about the issue and continued to put his sign where it was allegedly not permitted.   I also enjoy all the ignorant posts suggesting this incident is a sign of the impending apocalypse.   :panic:

If you can afford them the Michelin LTX tires are awesome.  I've gotten 90,000+ miles out of a set on a K-5 Blazer I had.  They are pricey but worth the money in the long run.   Depending on how the tire is out of balance the chances of getting it to balance with weights on the inside only is slim.  They also will not be able to do it with most electronic wheel balancers, which is all most shops use anymore.  Sorry man, you might try a black paint pen on those weights.

Which in fact does not even require the gun at all.

I'd call that a Bad Walmart Experience myself.   - OS

in today "pc" world it is best to conceal your gun.  no reason to give the anti-gun nuts any ammo to keep pushing gun control.  out sight equals out of mind. 

My experience at Walmart last night was completely different.  They totally ignored me as they should because I had it concealed.

Here is mine w/ Rock Solid mount and a plethora of other mods.

I've seen a few posts and heard from a few folks that want a TGO gun but are reluctant to build it alone. I'm a firearms instructor with 7 certifications and have taught many build classes including AR, AK, 1911, etc. I always teach AR builds from the smallest part all the way up, it takes anywhere from 2-6 hours with most new people needing 4-6 hours including some basic instruction for maintenance and cleaning. I have a large set of armorers tools, spare parts, instructions, diagrams, etc. so would be willing to coordinate a build class in middle TN area if needed. It's a lot of fun and we've even had a lot of kids, women, elderly folks join in and they usually do better than the "experienced guys"... so don't hesitate to try it if you are on the fence. How often do you get a chance to build your own TGO AR?

Apples and oranges. While I agree with your earlier statement that a right not exercised is a right lost, I also believe that I'm not so freakin' important that I can't take the time to dig some I.D. out of my wallet and show it to him. What's it take, a whole half a minute? Next you'll be arguing that bars don't have the right to request to see I.D. before serving someone alcohol. When I was in my 20's I was offended every time I got carded. When I was in my 30's, I was incredulous. In my 40's, I was amused. Now that I'm in my 50's, I'm flattered.